"Imagine Aaliyah Chavez, Aaliyah Crump and Madison Booker": CBB fans rejoice as 5-star recruit Aaliyah Crump chooses Longhorns over Ohio State & Duke

Aaliyah Crump, ESPN's No. 4 overall recruit announced her commitment to the Texas Longhorns on Monday. The five-star guard is the Longhorns' first commitment from the 2025 recruiting class. Crump's final choices along with Texas included Duke and Ohio State.

Texas fans are excited at the prospect of Aaliyah Crump joining the Big 12 Freshman of the Year, Maddison Booker.

One fan wrote:

"Imagine Aaliyah Chavez, Aaliyah Crump and Madison Booker for Texas 2025."

"That Chavez and Crump backcourt gonna carry me in 2026," a fan wrote.

"Boom! @TexasWBB adds a ridiculously talented Aaliyah Crump to the 2025 class. If Texas somehow adds Aaliyah Chavez, that would be crazy insane and straight up. Welcome home, young lady!," another fan commented.

Meanwhile, Aaliyah Chavez is the nation's No. 1 ranked player in the 2025 graduating class who is yet to announce her commitment.

Other fans welcomed Crump into the Longhorns roster:

"Welcome to the Longhorn Family!! HOOK’EM!!!," one fan wrote.

"Welcome to Longhorn Nation Aaliyah can't wait to watch you on the 40!," another fan commented.

"Vic ain't playing damn," one fan wrote.

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Aaliyah Crump's high school coach vouches for guard's talents

In her junior year at Minnetonka High School, Aaliyah Crump averaged 24.5 points, 7.0 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 2.3 steals per contest, shooting 56.3% from the field. She led the Skippers to a 29-2 record and a Class 4A championship after the 64-56 win over Hopkins, earning the All-Metro First-Team selection.

Commenting on Crump's skills, Minnetonka coach Brian Cosgriff said to the Star Tribune:

"She's way up there skill-wise. I think her ability to work hard and her dedication definitely makes her one of the best I've coached. Her best basketball is ahead of her.

"She has tremendous upside," he added. "I think Texas is getting a great player with Aaliyah, who is only scratching the surface of her potential. She's so much more than a great basketball player, too. She's a great person," Cosgriff added.

Crump was part of the Team USA roster that won gold at the 2023 FIBA Americas U16 Championship in Merida, Mexico. She averaged 9.0 ppg and 3.8 rpg while shooting 39% from 3-point range in USA's 6-0 run to the title. The 6-foot-1 guard was also one of the finalists for the 2024 USA Women's U17 National Team.

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